ILLUSTRATED BY
THOMAS HENRY
LONDON
GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED
SOUTHAMPTON ST., STRAND, W.C.
First Edition May, 1922.
Second Impression October, 1922.
Third Impression January, 1923.
Fourth Impression February, 1923.
Fifth Impression May, 1923.
Sixth Impression September, 1923.
Seventh Impression December, 1923.
Eighth Impression February, 1924.
Ninth Impression May, 1924.
Made and Printed in Great Britain.
Wyman & Sons, Ltd., London, Reading and Fakenham.
CHAPTER PAGE
It all began with William’s aunt, who was in a good temper that morning,and gave him a shilling for posting a letter for her and carrying herparcels from the grocer’s.
“Buy some sweets or go to the Pictures,” she said carelessly, as shegave it to him.
William walked slowly down the road, gazing thoughtfully at the coin.After deep calculations, based on the fact that a shilling is theequivalent of two sixpences, he came to the conclusion that bothluxuries could be indulged in.
In the matter of sweets, William frankly upheld the superiority ofquantity over quality. Moreover, he knew every sweet shop within a twomiles radius of his home whos